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Assistant Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin gave an invited lecture titled "Isometrically Embedded Graphs" at the Discrete Mathematics Seminar, University of Colorado at Denver in April. Boutin's work shows that a graph (think wiring diagram) can be "drawn" in Euclidean space of some dimension so that its symmetries are precisely displayed. Her work brings together aspects of graph theory, geometry and abstract algebra.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government David W. Rivera had an article printed in Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 118, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 81-106. It is titled "Engagement, Containment, and the International Politics of Eurasia."

Assistant Professor of Government Yael Aronoff wrote an opinion piece examining how presidents Bush and Carter used their religious beliefs to determine foreign policy. "Same God, Different Outcomes" was published in the Syracuse Post-Standard. (April 23, 2003.)

The AP Newswire service, along with the New York Times, announced “Thomas Schwarz, a prominent lawyer who has been interim president of Purchase College for 16 months, has been formally named president.” Schwarz is a Hamilton trustee and served six months as acting president in 1999 at Hamilton, according to the article. During his time already at Purchase, Schwarz has eliminated a $5 million deficit the school had accumulated.

Assistant Professor of History Lisa Trivedi published the article, "Visually Mapping the 'Nation': Swadeshi Politics in Nationalist India," in the February 2003 issue of The Journal of Asian Studies. It is featured on the journal's Web site, http://www.aasianst.org/catalog/jas.htm#62:1

Students in Hamilton's "Race Matters" Sophomore Seminar will hold a public debate to determine the winner of this year's "mock" National Book Award Winner for the Most Influential Book on Race in the 20th Century, on Thursday, May 1 at 4:30 p.m. in the Events Barn.

Hamilton's second community event, Spring on the Hill, will be held on Sunday, May 4, from 12-3 p.m. on the main quad. Similar to last season's Fall Fest, Spring on the Hill is an effort to bring Hamilton's community together with the Clinton community for an afternoon of food, live entertainment, and family festivities.

Vivyan Adair, assistant professor of women's studies and director of the ACCESS Project, is co-editor of a new book published by Temple University Press. Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty and the Promise of Higher Education in America, is co-edited by Sandra Dahlberg, associate professor of English at the University of Houston. According to the publisher's Web site, "The book offers essays written by women who, poor as children, changed their lives through the pathway of higher education. Collected, they offer a powerful testimony of the importance of higher learning, as well as a critique of the programs designed to alleviate poverty and educational disparity. The contributors explore the ideologies of welfare and American meritocracy that promise hope and autonomy on the one hand, while also perpetuating economic obstacles and indebtedness on the other."

The Hamilton College Choir and the Oratorio Society will present "Ein deutsches Requiem," (A German Requiem) by Johannes Brahms on Tuesday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. $6 adults, $4 seniors and students, Hamilton students free with ID. The Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble will perform on Wednesday, April 30, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall.

Hamilton’s community service program encourages students to help out the surrounding community in a variety of ways, but some students have taken community volunteering to a new level. Three Hamilton students are currently volunteering with the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corp (COCVAC), while eight volunteer with the Clinton Fire Department (CFD).